Articles Archive for 12 May 2010

Courtesy Ashley Patterson,
Congressional Trade Coalition Dedicated to Advancing Pending Free Trade Agreements
Washington, DC – Today, Members of the Congressional Pro-Trade Caucus, a bipartisan coalition dedicated to promoting trade as a tool to spur economic growth and job creation in the United States, hosted a trade policy briefing with Han Duk-soo, the Ambassador to the Republic of Korea. The meeting was attended by more than a dozen bipartisan members of Congress who advocated positive dialogue to promote the pending Free Trade Agreement between the United States and …

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Courtesy Maru De La Paz,
Laredo, Texas (Webb County) – On Wednesday, May 12, 2010, Sheriff Martin Cuellar presented a $10,000 check to SCAN, Serenidad Recovery Oriented System of Care Project. Sheriff Cuellar presented a $10,000 check to assist SCAN meet the needs caused by the present gaps in adult treatment services in the County of Webb and the surrounding rural areas. Serenidad Recovery Home is seamlessly integrated to community agencies in order that participants, who have diagnosis of substance abuse or dependence are able to receive continuing care …

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Courtesy Vanessa Guajardo,
Laredo’s Greg Mulamba Issued Red Card in Minute 62
May 12, 2010 ( Laredo , TX): What started well for the Laredo Heat (2 – 1 – 0, 6 points) in Midland, turned out to be very disappointing as the Gateway City Club took on the chin when the West Texas United Sockers (2 – 1 – 0, 6 points) handed the Heat a 2 – 1 loss in front of reported crowd of 4,992. The game was a Lamar Hunt Open Cup Qualifying Match for …

Important USDA Site Reopens After Six Week Closure
Washington, DC – Congressman Henry Cuellar (TX-28) today announced that the United States Department of Agriculture has reopened an Animal & Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) center that serves Pharr, Texas, after operations ceased over a period of six weeks due to border security concerns. Similar security issues have also affected additional southern border USDA locations.
“This is good news for local trade,” said Congressman Cuellar. “Resuming these operations is vitally important to our Texas ranchers, farmers and cattlemen. For …

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Courtesy Bryan Benway,
LAREDO, TX- The Laredo Bucks of the Central Hockey League are proud to announce that they have helped donate the official delivery van to the South Texas Food Bank.
The van that the Bucks helped donate picks up bread from eight HEB Stores in Laredo and delivers it to the food bank every day to be distributed to those in need.
“We want to sincerely thank Glenn Hart, Coach Ruskowski and the Laredo Bucks organization for all that they continue to do for us each and every …

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Courtesy Xochitl Mora,
CenterPoint Energy crews have closed the 800 block of Garza, to repair a natural gas leak. The closures will be for the remainder of today, Wednesday, May 12, 2010.
Contact CenterPoint Energy at (800) 427-7142 for more information.

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Courtesy Maru De La Paz,
Laredo—Today, Webb County Sheriff Martin Cuellar announced the arrest of 8 Laredo Men alleged online child sex predators arrested during the Sheriff’s recently launched Operation Protecting “R” Kids Online”. The undercover operation was created by the Sheriff’s Office to protect Webb County children from predators while using the internet, this operation began October 2009.
“These are some of the most dangerous individuals that threatened our children today,” Sheriff Cuellar stated. “Within minutes of logging on, our undercover deputies were openly and repeatedly solicited by …

Courtesy Richard Pauza,
LAREDO, TEXAS – U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) agriculture specialists at the Laredo Port of Entry intercepted an invasive leaf worm in a commercial flower shipment at the start of Mother’s Day weekend.
The interception occurred on May 7, 2010 at World Trade Bridge . CBP agriculture specialists were conducting a routine agricultural examination on a commercial shipment of flowers when they discovered a pest within 150 stems of Lisianthus flowers arriving from Mexico . U.S. Department of Agriculture entomologists positively identified the pest as …